Santa Marta-Magdalena city faces a strong problem related to the existence and constant growthing of homeless people, which produces impacts in the social and even economic sphere.
From the social perspective, there are security problems, drugs addiction, health risks because of lack of hygiene and control of diseases in this population. From the economic approach, it affects the image of the city, especially, due to the concentration of these people in tourist sites, which implies loss of investors and visitors.
The proposal consists of the design of a rehabilitation center for integral attention that offers living place, rehabilitation treatments and medical care. It will have pedagogical spaces where training and technical courses will be held.
Kankuama rehabilitation center will be placed in Km 13 + 800, Vía Alterna al Puerto and it will have: Capacity for 300 users, two residential buildings, one medical care building, administrative-classrooms structure, green places, crop zones for urban agriculture, sports areas, perimetral arborization with native species, two access roads in rigid pavement with channeled intersections, two parking spaces with preferential use, a waste collection center and a wastewater treatment plant.
The project was modeled with reinforced concrete moment-resisting frames (28 MPa), footing foundations joined with beams, bearing capacity of 463 KN/m2, CBR of 20% and project elevation of 29 meters above sea level. The main limitations were: Land use restrictions, sewer service availability and acceptance by the community due to the proximity of the center to a school, which implies the possible interaction between two vulnerable populations.